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miss hearing son from korea but mcdonalds see new york mr and mr hutch mcdonald of kr 2 acton wore disappointed af ter a planned radio conversation with their soldier 50m pte bernard mcdonald or the 25 th brigade roy til regiment of cnnndti failed to materialize saturday tlic mcdonalds travelled to new vork ns guests of the mtituni broadcasting system to take part in a two way shortwave conversa tion with their son the broadcast had been arranged as part of a christians tuy broadcast to be heard in canada over the cbc waiting tensely in the new york acton broadcast second of year 52 aeto will b on the air january 2nd at 15 pm over cfrb as the featured program on the 1082 series sponsored by cities service oil co ltd and entitled ontarios pat riarchs uad papers following on the 1051 series that featured material on acton itself and mayor tyler this new series deals with the history of the news paper in this case the acton free press and the oldest resident of the town which happens to be william mainprise mr mn in prize will re ceive a charcoal portrait with the compliments of the cities service oil co done by egbert c reed acton will be starting the year off on the air as the new years eve party will bo broadcast across canada a second program follows on january 2nd then when the acton free press and william mninprize begin the new series ontario patriarchs and papers be sure to listen jan 2 615 cfrb studio the mcdonalds heard the announcer in tokyo say the plane carrying pte mcdonald from korea hnd been delayed although they waited through the program the son had not appeared by the end although no official word has come through the broadcasting of ficials told the mcdonalds that their son had discovered a land mine in the path of a regiment on the way to the front investigation saved the regiment from certain destruction 1 mr and mrs mcdonald were cal led tin monday december 17 and asked by the broadcasting system to go to new york and talk to their son bernard mcdonnklj joined the army nbouj ib months ago and started training in pctawawa he shipped out for korea in the spring with the princess pats pte bernard is a member of st jo sephs parish in acton mr and mrs mcdonald although disappointed at not being able to talk to their son report their trip to new york as a wonderful ex perience the sponsors of the trip provided them with hotel accom modation and showed them the city they practically carried us around mr mcdonald said they left acton thursday and returned saturday mrs kliznhcth russell passed nwjiy at her home acton wednes day evening december 1ft she was 15 yearn of age widow of the late david c russell who passed away in may 1020 she is survived by her three children florence 1 mrs c h harrison toronto stanley s oak- ville nnd i jessie t mrs kdwin lnndsborough acton private funeral service was held saturday december 22 conducted by rev robert armstrong ma bd pallbearers were four grand sons kenneth s russell oakville douglas k russell montreal john sault and john windeler toronto tndchnrlcsand edwin lsandsbor- ough acton interment wos in fairview ceme tery acton council concludes years business the final meeting of nassagaweya township council was held on dec loth 1051 with the members all present and reeve ellen ton presid ing- accounts were passed amount ing to 40000 also the road super intendents voucher for j40000 mr ross carbert was appointed to the north halton high school board for n termpf two years council decided to call for tend ers for supplying wood to the township hall a resolution was also passed re questing the department of high ways to transfer 1700 from the bridge account to the general road account a resolution of thanks was tend ered the reeve for the efficient services and the courteous mvuu r in presiding over the council meet ings during the year after the business part of the meeting the council having as their guests the former reeves council lors and officials presented mr j w moffat who has resigned as treasurer with a chair and spent a social hour in his honor district trapper killed on highway knncked down by n car and killed during the snowstorm last thurs- j day evening december 20 was david mnnnen 71 of acton the accident occured on no 7 highway three miles east of guelph mr 1 mannen was returning from visiting i his daughter mrs alex mochrie guelph the man reportedly stepped into the path of a car driven by paul dumont 23 of guelph he waved to the driver from the centre of the road probably requesting a ride dumonl swerved in an attempt to miss the man who continued to walk in the path of the vehicle 1 mr mannen lived by himself on a smalt farm at crewsons corners i his wife having died many years ago he was known in the district as a trapper 4 j as well as his daughter he is survived by a brother gilbert man- 1 nen of horrisburg j the guelph police ambulance was rushed to the scene of the ac- cident and took mr mannen- to guelph general hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival the funeral was held on satur day afternoon from the victor b rumley funeral home acton with rev armstrong officiating pall benyrrs were lynd spiith oscar broughlon jack mceachern jack airdrie sr jack- airdrie jr and harold gordon flower offerings were sent by hepc staff mr and mrs ernie cripps mr and mrs herbert allen and family paul dupont airdries and smiths interment was in fairview ceme tery acton i obituary aars e russell 5 dies at her home eticnne brule first white man to explore ontario and the dis coverer of georgian bay and all but one of the great lakes was only 18 when he first came to huronia don fairbairn who broad casts neighborly klews each sunday from cbl will- be mas ter of ceremonies at the new years eve acton broadcast in acton town hall on monday december 3 1st admission to the dance and broadcast is by ticket only and under the aus pices of acton ys mens club wiring completed at disposal plant at the last regular meeting f ilhe public utilities commission for the year supt lambert reported that a cheek on the disposal plant had revealed water frozen in the basement of the building tivl commission felt that a sove should be erected so no damage would re sult from frost before he plant was operating- arrangements wenr made to move a stove from the arena and instal it at the plant the meeting was held rtrizday evening december 20 with nil mem bers present and chairman r mac- arthur presiding an account was presented from d dawk ins for the wiring of the sewage disposa plant this wiring is completed and the power is turn ed on ready for the real of the con tractors to finish install a hop and then the plant can be operated the sockets for the yard lights wll be installed as soon as they arrive the amount paid was 06756 with a hold back of 10 on the contract price of 1600 this holdback will be paid when the engineers cer tificate is forthcoming an account from d jordan was presented amounting to 4742 for extra work and material over and above the contract price for wiring the sewage pumping station at the corner of main and agnes streets mrs holloway requested a refund on her services for the pant six months she stated the residence has only been a one t family dwelling according to the rules laid down a refund was not possible as the com mission had not been notified of the change in status of the hou supt lambert reported that a number of services had been frozen with the cold weather the usual chargr for thawing the servec was to apply it was alo reported tht he heater at the sewage pumping sin- i tion was at the factory being re paired in the meantime a port- able heater ls being used i superintendents lambert and 1 mason and sec treas mcgeachie were by motion given one weeks pay in lieu of holidays which they did not receive in 1051 due to the press of work the following accounts were passed for payment hydro canada wire and cable co 09 00 continued on paoe pour pte rernard medonald fail ed to make tokyo whore ar rangements had been made for him to have a two way short wave conversation with his par ents mr and mrs hugh mcdon aid rr 2 who had made the trip to new york from acton at guests of the mutual broadcast ing system special music for church services those who weri present al the carol service on sunday evenink in st albans church remarked that this years rendering of the music was outstanding in quality and perfection of detail and reflected kreat cridit on the organist and choir leaders as well as the familiar carols in which the congregation joined special numbers by ific choir in cluded the anthems while shep herds watched sleep my sav iour sleep oer bethlehem fields and as iatelv we watch ed soloists were miss y brunelle and mrs h turner the junior choir sang the anthem peace goodwill as well as descants to good christian men rejoice o come all ye faithful and while shepherds watched on christmas eve a larre con gregation attended the choral com munion service at which time the choir sang the anthems let carols ring and bohemian carol the average human heait weighs about 11 ounces santa came to the annual beardmore christmas party for more than 300 children who packed the theatre with parents to re ceive a prechristmas stocking hockey stick or some token of santas generosity seated on his ice throne on the stage of the roxy theatre he hands paul peter and stephen wolfe their pre sent and wishes them a aaerry christmas stalf photo bearded and gaunt with a year of life behind him old 1951 will he stopping soon at the door of time to reflect before he passes into history and he- fore he makes way for the life of 1952 and all it holds in store for the people of the world old 1951 has a lot to look hack on think of all those resolutions that were made as his reign be gan and how nianv of them were carried out think about the threat of a third world war and the possib ilities that such a conflict might have but ohl 1951 hasnt been all trouble and heartache it meant a lot of good things to everyone too vonng 1952 will mean a lot to a lot more people during the year a lot of questions will he answered about the peace of the world the future of the nation- and the part each one of us i to play in this act called life v e pause just before we hid adieu jo the old a ear and pass on to the people everywhere a wih for a happy healthful helpful new year and as the clock tolls twelve the ohl year pars es to history and the new year romps in let us make one resolution as an individual as a community as a nation a resolution to make this world a little bet ter for our having been here object to closing alley in two hour hearing fri a delegation of ratepayers wns represented nt the regular eouncil meeting by a dale solicitor regarding the possibility of closing ono end of the lane or alley unit goes behind the row of houses on flower avenue commonly known as the syndicate houses council had received a re quest topurcbase the 13 foot rower avenue entrance to thelane that borders the prnjurty of w wolfe town solicitoiletithcrlnnd reviewed the legal proceedings nnd mr dale suggested that the town nf acton had no jurisdiction over the alley because they had never maintained it in n two hour- hearing be pointed out that some of the resident need the alley for coal delivery nnd they were doubtful about the place to bo provided for a turning area in the proposal from mr wolfe in a twohour hearing he pointcdtl out that some of the residents used the alley for coal delivery and they were doubtful about the place to be provldcd-far-a-turnlnk- arcaln the proposal of mr wolfe mr dale suggested that it wan not fair to benefit one citizen to the detriment of several mayor tyler expressed the opinion that the case nhould be heard before a board of arbitrators mr dale pointed out that if council was sat isfied there was no necessity to close the alley entrance that could end the matter immediately with out arbitration costs the ft rat decision must be made by council if you think it is a fair bylaw then it should go to the judge for arbi tration mr dale declared r arnold reminded the croup that if the alley was put up for sale the owner of the adjoin ink property w vanfice was entitled to purchase half of the 13 feet which he wanted to do mr arn old expressed the feeling that it was up to council to decide either for or against the bylaw councillor e taylor queried the town solicitor if the resolution to introduces the bylaw for a first reading was any indication of whether the council favored the move mr leatherland pointed otil that the first reading only gave council a chance to hear wha w in the bylaw the first reading of the bylaw was introduced with six supporting the motion and three agaiil it was defined aj a bylaw to itop up and close part of a certain direct or alley or allowance for same known asan alley according to plan 75 and to authorize sale of same the bylaw was given a secon j reading on a 5 to 4 vote and mayo- tyler pointed out that the thought is it will be given to the judge for arbitration but council can still turn it down on the third reading j bruce during a discussion on the payment of expenses said thats a bribe if council accept i the offer of mr wolfe to pay cost for legal expenses the municipal ity must pay arbitration costs councillor wood suggested to the delegation that council could b guided by the judges wisdom on whether to give the bylaw its third reading or not councillor taylor said to the delegation i dont want you to feel were prejudiced mr arnold answered- that five have voted in favor of mr wolf is and four in favor of us severil councillors expressed disagreement a motion wns passed that thu arbitration of the bylaw for th council defer the resolution for sufficiency of enclosed alley ac- cprding to regiktered plan 75 in the town of acton for action of ou r next years council at their first meeting of the year 1052 the resignation of mayor elect t salmon was veeelved and clerk mcgenchie explained that no action could be taken until the iniugural meeting on january 7 he ex- plained that the nomination rreet- ing won hi probably be scheduled tw january 15 with an ceclion if necessary on january- 25 insurance pi oh i ems w- heafi with and recommendations of the finance committee were iciepti d overage on the ymca n in- creascd from 35000 to ma000 a report was received from r r parker who was appointed by the conned to attend a rneetri n cjorgetown regarding th- stab- lishment of the credit valley con servation authority u parker reported that the vote was taken arid the majority did not favor the establishment of the authority th balloting was disclosed and after a discussion the representative from caledon asked that his ballot be returned to allow changing it thu was done which gave a majority in favor of establishing the authority council protested this procedure along with several other council and it was discovered that the rep resentative from caledon was ant the bona fide representative elim inating his ballot the group theor etically favorpd the eatabllshmtt of the authority to which acton would be forcd to contribute fin ancially this meeting has been protested again in the hope of a new meet s g to deal with the matter rnor equitably and democratically free skating was granted in the urcna until the end of the year and the town foreman was author- continued on pao tiv great fun for winter sports long hours in road clearing for those folk who crave an old fashioned winter and for ski en thusiasts who for the past two or three years have been deprived of j the opportunity to use their equip- i merit this season has filled all the j longings for motorists who dont t enjoy being stuck or kept off the j load the story is different 1 the christmas holiday continued with more snow and ever since then snowflurries have been the i order of the day it doesn t sm to matter whether the weatherman predicts them or not or whether cur home barometer indicates it now seems the order of most every day the result ls that weve go bigger snow banks and used snow clearing equipment more in decem ber than we can recall in many years its in piles everywhere and its on the hill and mlhe valleys and filling the roads fortunately uj date there has riot been much drifting and ihe snow coating is kept freshened up with the clean coaung daily supplied strange it seemed this year that we didnt hear many predictions in the fall on the type of winter that i was due for this year well decem- i ber has piled up something of a record for the annual january thaw and mot folks are very pleased that repairs were finished on our i paving program and that next hipfing when this covering all dis appears there will be solid footing on most oj the roads i with january just around the corner and february and march to i follow if s a pretty safe bet and ono does not need to be weather wise to conjure up any vision of an easy winter one consolation to all the days are getting longer and th lun is getting stronger perhaps some local application of early winter might be recorded i acton has only natural ice in the j arena but skating has been enjoyed there since december 10th this i year and the local juveniles are rounding up their hockey schedule acton will have no oh a entries in spite of the heavy snowfall acton is better equipped this year for snow removal and the remit i v plowed streets all over town and snow removed from the busmeya section very quickly the holiday storm was cleared away yesterday and the new snow loader mounted on the grader is workinf splendid ly its meant long hours for fore man al kirkness and operator waj- ter kentner and thanks of all go to them for meeting a tough problem and tecord december snowfall-